Everything about 1972 Fa Cup Final totally explained
The
1972 FA Cup Final took place on
6 May 1972 at
Wembley Stadium. It was the Centenary final (although only the 91st final due to world wars) and the 44th to be played at Wembley. It was contested between cup holders
Arsenal, who had won the
English Championship and
FA Cup the previous season, and
Leeds United, who had won the
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and finished 2nd in the league the previous season.
Arsenal planned to make it the third decade for a club to return as Cup-holders and win again for the second successive year, as
Newcastle had done in
1952 and
Tottenham in
1962.
Match summary
Leeds were the better team all through. Their back four had no trouble in mastering the
Arsenal attacks and negating the threat posed by strikers
George and
Radford. By contrast, the
Leeds front runners,
Clarke and
Jones, continually harassed the
Arsenal defence.
The
Jones-
Clarke combination produced a goal in the fifty-third minute.
Jones sent across a hard, shoulder-high centre and 'Sniffer'
Clarke headed powerfully past
Barnett's left hand from fifteen yards.
A match that often fell below the highest level began badly with a foul by
Clarke on
Ball in the first five seconds and the first of four bookings —
McNab bringing down
Lorimer as early as the second minute. Neither side played consistently up to their capabilities, yet both had their moments.
George's fierce volley cannoned back off the bar for
Arsenal, and both
Clarke and
Lorimer struck the woodwork for
Leeds.
Leeds' jubilation at the end was tempered by a last-minute injury to
Mick Jones, who dislocated his shoulder and had to be helped up the steps by
Norman Hunter to receive his winners' medal.
Match facts
Road to Wembley
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